1 VERB 死;死亡;(植物)枯死,凋谢 When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living. →see usage note at: dead 死;死亡;(植物)枯死,凋谢
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A year later my dog died.
一年后我的狗死了。
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Sadly, both he and my mother died of cancer.
非常不幸的是,他和我母亲都死于癌症。
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I would die a very happy person if I could stay in music my whole life.
如果能终生从事音乐事业,我会死而无憾。
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...friends who died young.
英年早逝的朋友
2 VERB [only cont] 临死;垂死;奄奄一息 If a person, animal, or plant is dying, they are so ill or so badly injured that they will not live very much longer. 临死;垂死;奄奄一息
3 VERB [no passive] 以…的方式死亡 If someone dies a violent, unnatural, or painful death, they die in a violent, unnatural, or painful way. 以…的方式死亡
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He watched helplessly as his mother died an agonizing death. [VERB noun]
他无助地看着母亲痛苦地死去。
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I'm no expert, but I don't think Tracy died a natural death. [VERB noun]
我不是什么专家,但我不认为特蕾西是自然死亡。
4 VERB (机器或设备)完全停止运行 If a machine or device dies, it stops completely, especially after a period of working more and more slowly or inefficiently. (机器或设备)完全停止运行 [written]
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Then suddenly, the engine coughed, spluttered and died. [VERB]
然后,发动机突然咔咔地响着,发出一阵噼啪声,接着就彻底熄火了。
SYN stop, fail, halt, break down
5 VERB (火或光)熄灭 If a fire or light dies, it stops burning or shining. (火或光)熄灭 [literary]
6 VERB (感情或表情)完全消失 If an emotion or facial expression dies, it disappears completely, usually after a period of gradually becoming weaker and less noticeable. (感情或表情)完全消失 [literary]
SYN dwindle, end, decline, pass
7 VERB [only cont] (渴、饿、闷或好奇)得要命;…得要死 You can say that you are dying of thirst, hunger, boredom, or curiosity to emphasize that you are very thirsty, hungry, bored, or curious. (渴、饿、闷或好奇)得要命;…得要死 [informal, emphasis]
8 VERB [only cont] 很想要;非常渴望 You can say that you are dying for something or are dying to do something to emphasize that you very much want to have it or do it. 很想要;非常渴望 [informal, emphasis]
9 VERB (用于强调震惊、不安、窘迫或好笑等)我差点要死/(如果发生某事)我会死的 You can use die in expressions such as 'I almost died' or 'I'd die if anything happened' where you are emphasizing your feelings about a situation, for example to say that it is very shocking, upsetting, embarrassing, or amusing. (用于强调震惊、不安、窘迫或好笑等)我差点要死/(如果发生某事)我会死的 [informal, mainly spoken, emphasis]
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I nearly died when I learned where I was ending up. [VERB]
得知自己到了哪里时,我简直要晕过去了。
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I nearly died of shame. [VERB + of]
我羞愧难当。
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I thought I'd die laughing. [VERB verb-ing]
我觉得我快要笑死了。
10 N-COUNT 模具;冲模;压模 A die is a specially shaped or patterned block of metal which is used to press or cut other metal into a particular shape. 模具;冲模;压模
12 PHRASE 事已定局;木已成舟 You can say that the die is cast to draw attention to the importance of an event or decision which is going to affect your future and which cannot be changed or avoided. 事已定局;木已成舟
13 PHRASE (习惯或观念)难以改掉,很难摆脱 If you say that habits or attitudes die hard, you mean that they take a very long time to disappear or change, so that it may not be possible to get rid of them completely. (习惯或观念)难以改掉,很难摆脱
Phrasal verbs: - die awaydie backdie downdie out
Quotations
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees Dolores Ibárruri (La Pasionaria)
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once William Shakespeare Julius Caesar
Only we die in earnest, that's no jest Walter Raleigh On the Life of Man
Die, my dear doctor? That's the last thing I shall do! Lord Palmerston
It's not that I'm afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens Woody Allen Death
To die will be an awfully big adventure J.M. Barrie Peter Pan
Dying is a very dull, dreary affair. And my advice to you is to have nothing whatever to do with it Somerset Maugham
We shall die alone Blaise Pascal Pensées
Whom the gods love dies young Menander Dis Exapaton
A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much Homer Iliad
It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other Francis Bacon Of Death
ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | die Also look up: |
VERB. | pass away; (ant.) live 1 break down, fail 4 |
Word Partnership | Use die with: |
VERB. | deserve to die, going to die, live or die, sentenced to die, want to die, would rather die 1 |
N. | right to die 1 |
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